One of the gates of the city of Cork was undermined and blown up by a band of Fenians on the 4th inst. At the same time all the telegraph wires leading into the city were cut. The prompt action of the police prevented any further demonstrations. The Times in an editorial on the arrest of Irish American citizens admits that the arrest and imprisonment of George Francis Train was a mistake, but says it should be distinguished from the arrest of Irishmen who come over from the United States with the secret intention of creating a revolt against the government. A man named Chatter ton was shot in this city on tho sth inst. The assassin was instantly arrested, and proved to be a half-witted Irishman named Jem. Meddles. From his declarations it is evident he mistook Chatterton for James Bird, the Milkman, who is an important witness for the government in the affair of the Clerkenwcll prison explosion.
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Grey River Argus, Volume V, Issue 345, 31 March 1868, Page 2
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